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By *rRios OP   Man
3 weeks ago

dublin

PIN number

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By *allySlinkyWoman
3 weeks ago

Leeds

ATM machine

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By *hechonkyduoCouple
3 weeks ago

Alphabet Mafia HQ, Dudleyish.

True facts.

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By *coobyBoobyDooWoman
3 weeks ago

Markfield

I personally

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By *uperSalopian7Man
3 weeks ago

Shrewsbury

Close proximity

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By *estructionDollyWoman
3 weeks ago

Manchester

Past history

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By *allySlinkyWoman
3 weeks ago

Leeds

Frozen ice

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
3 weeks ago

Sussex

PAT testing

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
3 weeks ago

little house on the praire

I dont know what your going on about

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By *hortieWoman
3 weeks ago

Northampton

Burning fire

Free gift

Repeat that again

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By *rRios OP   Man
3 weeks ago

dublin

Garlic aioli

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By *hil most chillMan
3 weeks ago

London, South East & Europe

Chai tea

Naan bread

Am I doing it right?

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By *ools and the brainCouple
3 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Slumber party

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
3 weeks ago

little house on the praire

is anyone going to tell me what it means

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Central

Repeat again

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By *he MinionMan
3 weeks ago

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A phrase where both words mean the same ?

Past history. No its just the past or just history.

Close proximity. Both mean the same thing.

I guess, never knew what the term for it was though

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By *he MinionMan
3 weeks ago

.

I saw it with my own eyes

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By *entlemanJay39Man
3 weeks ago

Northampton

CCTV Camera

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

First and Foremost

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Central

Evil devil

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan
3 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

in literature...

"To be or not to be, that is the question" (Shakespeare's Hamlet)

"And so gently you came rapping, and so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door" (Poe's The Raven)

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

Adequate enough

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

The honest truth

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By *r_BoingMan
3 weeks ago

Durham

Built on Windows NT Technology

iykyk

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By *eppipWoman
3 weeks ago

Lancs

The Los Angeles Angels is always one that gets me. 💕

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle


"The Los Angeles Angels is always one that gets me. 💕"

One is a city and one a team ...... ?

They are different and not the same

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

I'm starving hungry

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By *uperSalopian7Man
3 weeks ago

Shrewsbury


"The Los Angeles Angels is always one that gets me. 💕

One is a city and one a team ...... ?

They are different and not the same"

Los Angeles means "The Angels" so the team is called The Angels Angels

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By *eppipWoman
3 weeks ago

Lancs


"The Los Angeles Angels is always one that gets me. 💕

One is a city and one a team ...... ?

They are different and not the same

Los Angeles means "The Angels" so the team is called The Angels Angels"

Pretty much. Translated it's "The The Angels Angels". 💕

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle


"The Los Angeles Angels is always one that gets me. 💕

One is a city and one a team ...... ?

They are different and not the same

Los Angeles means "The Angels" so the team is called The Angels Angels"

I know what Los Angeles means. One is a CITY and the other is a TEAM so they are not the same.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

No word is superfluous in that example

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By *carlettsWoman
3 weeks ago

Harpenden

Too early for me only on coffee number two I'll pop back in a bit

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By *uperSalopian7Man
3 weeks ago

Shrewsbury

Stupid Idiot

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By *hil most chillMan
3 weeks ago

London, South East & Europe

[Removed by poster at 28/06/25 12:32:48]

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By *hil most chillMan
3 weeks ago

London, South East & Europe


"The Los Angeles Angels is always one that gets me. 💕

One is a city and one a team ...... ?

They are different and not the same

Los Angeles means "The Angels" so the team is called The Angels Angels

I know what Los Angeles means. One is a CITY and the other is a TEAM so they are not the same.

"

You are incorrect. "Los Angeles Angels" is a textbook definition of a pleonasm. And yes I know Los Angeles is a city, and the Los Angeles Angels is a team

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

Los Angeles Angels is not a pleonasm.

I don't mind that you are mistaken.

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By *exy RexyMan
3 weeks ago

Up North

I bought a 55” pleonasms once but wasn’t impressed with it

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By *r TriomanMan
3 weeks ago

Malmesbury

Frozen ice

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle


"I bought a 55” pleonasms once but wasn’t impressed with it "

Didn't it push your buttons ?

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By *exy RexyMan
3 weeks ago

Up North


"I bought a 55” pleonasms once but wasn’t impressed with it

Didn't it push your buttons ?"

It didn’t even have a red one

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
3 weeks ago

Reading


"Stupid Idiot"

But some people deserve it.

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By *obilebottomMan
3 weeks ago

All over

It is what it is

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By *uckboy786Man
3 weeks ago

London

RAS syndrome

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By *lyingsolo1000Woman
3 weeks ago

Reading

Do place names count?

Torpenhow Hill or Hill Hill Hill Hill

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
3 weeks ago

Sussex

Have we had a "mass exodus" yet?

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
3 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle


"Do place names count?

Torpenhow Hill or Hill Hill Hill Hill "

I like that one

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Central


"Have we had a "mass exodus" yet?"

Or a sweltering heatwave?

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